SMALL-CIRCLE CAMPAIGNS, BIG-CIRCLE IMPLICATIONS

Mar 21, 2012 | Letters from Hong Kong

  Posted:  March 21, 2012   For the first time ever, politics among the power-brokers here is fun to watch, probably because lots more people are getting into the act than the small circle of 1,200 electors who will vote on March 25.  This is thanks not only...

END OF THE ROAD FOR THE ELECTION COMMITTEE?

Mar 1, 2012 | Letters from Hong Kong

  Posted:  March 1, 2012   During the past 20 years, local democracy activists have used every argument they could think of to make the case for “genuine” universal suffrage elections.  In response, people liked to joke that Beijing would never allow...